Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) Invitations
March 21 at 11:59 p.m.
If you are a first year student who received a 3.5+ GPA last semester, you should have received an email inviting you to join Alpha Lambda Delta! ALD is an honors society for first-year academic success! Joining ALD has a wide array of benefits, including personal and professional development, networking with peers, leadership opportunities, scholarships, and more! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Mackenzie Radford at mrwinslo@uncg.edu or visit our website. The deadline to accept your invitation is March 21 at 11:59 p.m.!
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Fall and Summer Advising and Registration
March 28 – April 20
Contacting Your Advisor
If you don’t have an advisor listed in UNCGenie, or if you have any questions about who you should be contacting for advising related questions, you can reach out to the academic advising center for your College/School. Select your College or School from this list to go directly to your advising center’s webpage and view their contact information.
Registering for Classes
Registration for Summer 2022 classes is open and registration for Fall 2022 semesters will open on March 28! You will be allowed to register for Fall 2022 classes during your registration window which can be found on UNCGenie. Your registration window will only be open for a limited time, so be sure to double check when your assigned time opens and closes!
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NAV1GATE a Successful Semester
Congratulations! You are over halfway through your first year at UNCG!
Recently, we have received numerous requests about how to be more successful in your classes this semester. Please see below for numerous ways that you can finish the semester strong:
- Read your syllabi! They are the roadmap for your class and share all of the specifics about what assignments and tasks you have for each class.
- Turn in assignments by the listed due dates!
- Participation in class is essential! Participation can look different in every class, make sure you are checking your syllabi for what your professor is expecting of you.
- Seek out resources:
- At the end of this newsletter we have shared several academic support resources. They include the Academic Achievement Center, Writing Center, and the Speaking Center.
- Reach out to your PALs or other student leaders! They are students just like you and can be a great resource.
- Reach out to your professor for help! If you are struggling with a class, try contacting your professor and setting up a meeting to discuss strategies to be successful in their class.
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Spring Holiday
April 15
Friday, April 15 is Spring Holiday. Offices will be closed and classes are not in session. Classes will resume on Monday, April 18 at 8:00 a.m. Enjoy your day and take this time to set goals for the rest of the semester.
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YFY Success Series Certificates
Coming Soon!
Please be on the lookout for more information regarding the YFY Success Series Certificates! Remember if you have attended six or more YFY Success Series events, you are eligible to earn a certificate at the end of the year. Our last YFY Success Series workshop of the semester about Memory and Focus will take place on Friday, April 1 from 2 to 2:50 p.m.
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Academic Support Resources |
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Students First Office
The Students First Office is offering drop-in advising hours for all students this week to answer questions about your schedule and help you make any necessary changes. Hours are offered daily 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. For more information please visit the SFO website.
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Academic Achievement Center
The Academic Achievement Center is dedicated to helping you create your own opportunities for learning.
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The AAC’s Academic Skills specialists help you learn strategies to improve your time management, active learning, and critical thinking skills.
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The AAC’s Peer Tutoring helps you improve your understanding of challenging course content and is available for over 30 different courses.
All our services are available at no cost! Want to learn more or set up an appointment? Head over to the AAC’s website!
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Writing Center
The University Writing Center offers UNCG students, staff, and faculty the opportunity for individual consultation at any stage of any writing project!
Depending on where you are in your writing process when you visit the Writing Center and what your major concerns are, a consultation might involve deciding how to approach a particular assignment, identifying a thesis and sculpting a rough outline, reading a rough draft to check for general coherence and clarity, incorporating new material into a revision, addressing problems of grammar and sentence structure, learning how to cite sources properly – or any of a myriad of other questions about writing.
Here are a few reminders as you get ready for a visit, online or face to face, to the University Writing Center:
- Bring a written copy of the assignment
- Know your professor’s expectations for writing in your discipline
- Know the name of your professor’s preferred citation style, if applicable
- Bring any previous feedback that you have received
- Your consultant will ask you what you want to work on: have an answer! Think about what to address in your Writing Center session, as this will focus your writing efforts and get the process of self-reflection started, which is an instrumental part of the writing process.
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Speaking Center
The University Speaking Center provides consultation support and instructional services to help speakers further develop their own oral communication confidence and competence. They provide peer-to-peer feedback, guidance, and other support in the areas of public speaking preparation and delivery, interpersonal communication, and group or team communication.
This semester the Speaking Center is offering online hours.
Monday – Thursday: 10am-10pm
Friday: 9am-3pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: 4pm-8pm
New this semester: Students can text the speaking center with ANY student question they have during hours of operation. Students have questions. We are students. We can help students find answers! 252.538.3407
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You will continue to receive a monthly First Year Connect newsletter during your first year at UNCG. These newsletters highlight important campus opportunities, resources, and updates you won’t want to miss!
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Follow YFY on social media to stay in the know about what’s happening on campus. Also reach out to us through our texting line with any questions you might have at 1-336-541-6939. |
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